Reenforced soap



Patented Dec. 25, 1923.

PATENT OFFICE.

MARCEL BAILLY, F PARIS, FRANCE.

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application mea member 14, 1920. scrinium-130,724.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, MARCEL BAILLY, engineer, citizen of the French Republic, residing at Paris, France, 69 Rue Erlanger,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reenforced Soap, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to reenforced soap, proposes tlieconstruction of a metallic or other rigid and non-soluble reinforcement for soap comprising a perforated member inserted within a cake of soap and covering a relatively large area in a single plane so as to spread the'ieinforcement throughout the body of said soap cake.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide in combination a cake of soap and a rigid nonsoluble reinforcement embedded therein, said elements cooperating in such a manner as to present exposed ortions of said reinforcement, forming wit the surface of said soap closed loops or eyes by' means of which said soap may be suspended, to prevent theft thereof or be supported so as to be out of contact with an underlying surface thus avoiding wastage of the soap through softening of the same occasioned by absorption of water.

Another object of the invention is the construction of a metallic reinforcement for soap having apertures therethrough and thereby providing, when embedded in a cake of soap for integral bonds of soap intersecting the plane of said reinforcement throu h said apertures.

Stil another object of the invention is the provision of a metallic insert for soap constituted by a single wire bent upon itself in a single plane to form a convoluted sha e of relatively large length and breadth imensio'ns so as to provide a considerableA area of reinforcement for the cake of soa in which it is embedded.

In order that the said invention may be more clearly understood, it will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but it is to be observed that the specification and drawings are merely given by way of example.

Fig. 1 shows a metallic reinforcement in tended to be embedded in the tablet of soap.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofa cake of soap half cut away to show the metallic reinforcerment embedded therein.

Fig. 3 shows yet another form of metallic figures one form of reinforcement is shownV at b in Figure 1, which comprises a roundy Wire bent as shown, or into any other configuration, in a single plane, it being only essential that the ends of said wire be bent kinto close contact with another portionV of the saine to avoid the possibility of theirv scratching or otherwise injuring the person of the user of the soap in which the reinforcement is embedded, and it being also essential that the wire be so bent as to form one or more closed loops. The left hand side of Figure 2 shows the reinforcement b embedded in a cake of soap a, the ri ht hand side yof the cake being cut away ut indicated in dashed lines so as to show the dispositionl of the. reinforcement. It will be noted that the exterior configuration of the soap toward the ends is such that it forms re-entrant' depressions which intersect tlie reinforcement b forming therewith closed loops or apertures the outer sides of which are constituted by the wire reinforcement. These loops are conveniently utilized as a means by which the soap may be suspended from a hook or nail orto which a flexible cord may be attached in order to tie the soap to a fixed support so'as to prevent the theft or other taking away thereof.

. The loops formed by the convolutions of the wire reinforcement afford apertures in the plane of said reinforcement through which extend integral bonds of soap, holding the halves of the cake on each side of the reinforcement rmly together and preventing cracking of the coap in the plane of said reinforcement. This assures that the soap may be used down to a thin wafer without in any way impairiii'g the strength of the connection by which the soap is secured against unauthorized removal.

In Figure 3 is shown another form of reinforcement in which the wire b is bent into four loops c each protruding from one corner of the cake of soap. In this instance, in addition to the uses above suggested, the soap is adapted to be supported on the corner lugs of a soap dish c so as to be out of contact With'the bottom of the soap dish. In this way the soap cake is kept dry when not in use and wastage of the cake by softening due to the absorption of water, is avoided.

In place of a wire reinforcement it maybe advantageous to have the reinforcement made of a piece of sheet metal, such as is shown at b in Figure 4, provided with the perforations d1, d and dm. The central perforations d are of large size and elongated to provide a sufficient bond of soap between the two sides of the cake. In embedding this form of reinforcement within the cake of soap, as is shown in Figure 5 the shape of said cake is made re-entrant adj..cent the apertures d1 in the ends of the reinforcement so that said apertures are .exposed and may be used for hanging up or otherwise supporting the soap in the same manner as is contemplated in the forms shown in the first two figures.

It is obvious that the modifications of reinforcement herein described are merely two of many designs or forms which may be adopted for carrying out the invention, the underlying principles of which are that the reinforcement shall be of a material insoluble in character, that it shall be of such size and shape as to reinforce a substantial part of the cake of soap, that it shall be provided with apertures, loops or other devices by which a sufficient bond is assured between the halves'of the cake of soap lying on each side of the reinforcement, that it shall be so constructed as to avoid injury to the person of the user and that'certan portions of said reinforcement shall be exposed in the finished product to provide means by which the cake of soap maybe suspended or otherwise supported.

'What `I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America is 1; The combination of a cake of soap and a reinforcing member therefor, said rel inforcing member being embedded in the soap, said soap having a re-entrant portion exposing a portionl of the .reinforcing member, said exposed portion being adapted for the attachment of securing means thereto.

2. A reenforced soap cake comprising a flatnonsoluble perforated reinforcing body, a soap portion in which said body is elnbedded, said soap portion being formed with a re-entrant depression intersecting one of the perforations of said reinforcing body and exposing said perforation.

3. The combination of a cake of soap havying re-entrant portions and a reinforcing member therefor, said reinforcing member` comprising a wire bent upon itself in a single plane to provide oppenings, portions of said Wire extending across said re-entrant portions.

4. The combination of a cake of soap and a reinforcing member therefor, re-entrant portions in said soap forming depressions, and portions of said reinforcing member spanning said depressions.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of a subscribing witness.

MARCEL BAILLY. Witness:

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